Wire-coiling apparatus.



. PATENTBD MAY 28. 1907. P. H. DANIELS. WIRE 001mm; APPARATU APPLICATION FILED AUG 3, 1906 m a S S E N ll. w

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WIRE-COILING APPARATUS-- Specification of Letters lPatent.

-1 atented may 28, 1907;

Application filed August 3, 1906. Serial No. 328,994-

To all whom it may concern:

- Be itknown that I, FRED H. DANIELS, of

Worcester, countyof Worcester, and State of 1 Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulire- Coiling Apparatus, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom anying drawings, forming part of this speci; cation,

(in which Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of a wire coiling apparatus embodying my invention.

i This invention relates to certain improvements in wire coiling machines.

In the manufacture of wire rods, it is customary. to, lead the finished rod from the finishing roll to an automatic reel which forms it into a bundle or coil while it is still at a dull red heat, the bundle or coilbeing afterward cooled.- If the rods be allowed to cool in contact with the air, the action of the air upon the hotmetal forms a heavy coating of ,oxid

scribed or scale upon its outer surfaces, which mustbe thoroughly cleaned off before thematerial can be satisfactorily drawn into Wire.

The object of my invention is to rovide means for cooling Wire rods while t ey are being coiled so that scaling or oxidation is prevented, thereby effecting a large savin' in the amount of time and material require in subsequently cleaning the rods.

To this end. my invention consists in the provision ofmeans whereby the coilin of the rods is efiiected inra shower or spray 0 water or other suitable fluid, and the present apparatus is designed to carry out the method claimed in my application, Serial No..

328,995, filed of even date herewith, entitled Method for the manufacture ofwire rods,

and is also additional to the ap aratuses illustrated, described and claime in my earlier applications, Serial Nos. 211,306 and 211,307, for Treatment of wire'rods, filed June 6, 1904.

My invention also consists in the "novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts all substantially as hereinafter deand pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, 2 designates a fixed drum or reel which is carried by the shaft or post 3 adjustably mounted in the supporting cylind re- 5 is an overhangmg arm which is formed I with a bearing for the shaft or journal 6 of a rotary cone-shaped coiling device 7 having the wire guide 8. The shaft-6 is driven by 4. In apparatus forcoiling wire rods, a

. slightly inward 1 the gears 9 and 9' from the shaft 9 and is formed with a vertical opening 10 which com municates with the wire guide 8.

13 is a flanged deflecting plate which forms a horizontal extension of the lower end of the cone 7 and which is preferably formed on its under surface with corrugations such as indicated at 14. v

15 designates a series of vertical water pipes which are arranged in a circular series with their up er end portions 15 bent l and underneath the plate 14 in a osition o direct jets of water against the un er side of said plate.

16 is a supply pipe for the pi es 15.

as it-comes from the finishing roll, and while still at a dull red heat is guided into the 0 ening 10 and guide 8, and is reeled aroun the drum 2 to forma coil such as indicated at X.

from the pipes 15 against the under-side ofthe deflecting plate 14 which converts it into a sprayl and reflects such spray downwardly u out ecoilX, the roughene surface'of the p ate causing the water to s ray over every part of the coil. The coil is t erefore formed 1n this atmos here of spray, so that it is uniformly cooled ter pipes arra ed to direct jetsof water against said p ate; substantially. as described.

2. In apparatus for 00' coiling ree o adjacent thereto and having a roughened or as described.

ing reel or drum, a rotary coiler having a ,hol-' low journal, and a deflecting plate carried by the coiler; substantially as described.

.During this'operation the water is spouted The advantages of my invention consist in t the simplicity of the-apparatus and in the a deflecting plate and a circular series of wawire rods, a l r'drum, and a eflecting plate corrugated deflecting surface; su bstantially '3'. A wire coilingapparatus having'a coil- The OPBIatlODJS as follows he wire rod too coiling reel or drum, a coiling device having a cone portion, a deflecting plate at the base of the cone and through which the Wire guide extends, and means for directing jets of cooling fluid against the under side of said plate; substantially as described.

5. In apparatus for coiling wire rods, a coiling reel or drum having an overhanging deflecting plate,'and means for directing jets T0 of cooling fluid against said plate; substantially as described.

l l l x eueaoe 6. In apparatus for coiling wire rods, a coiling reel or drum having a deflecting plate surrounding the same above its coiling surface, and means for directing jets of water 15 against the plate; substantially as described. In testiniony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

I FRED 1-1. DANlELS.

Witnesses:

GEO. SIEURIN, WM. A. BACON. 

